EP0116619A1 - Tube hermetiquement scelle contenant une fibre optique ainsi que cable arme incorporant un tel tube. - Google Patents

Tube hermetiquement scelle contenant une fibre optique ainsi que cable arme incorporant un tel tube.

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EP0116619A1
EP0116619A1 EP83902789A EP83902789A EP0116619A1 EP 0116619 A1 EP0116619 A1 EP 0116619A1 EP 83902789 A EP83902789 A EP 83902789A EP 83902789 A EP83902789 A EP 83902789A EP 0116619 A1 EP0116619 A1 EP 0116619A1
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Robert Everette Thompson
Gordon Gould
Charles I Soodak
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Chevron USA Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/4415—Cables for special applications
    • G02B6/4427—Pressure resistant cables, e.g. undersea cables
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/4429—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables
    • G02B6/4436—Heat resistant

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  • This invention relates to optical fibers and armored cables. More specifically, this invention relates to hermetically sealed tubes containing optical fibers and armored optical fiber cables.
  • Electromechanical cables for applications such as oil well logging include insulated metal conductors for the transmission of electrical signals. Such cables have signal transmission bandwidths that are limited to about 100 KHz over lengths that correspond to typical depths of oil wells, 12,000 to 20,000 feet (3657.6 to 6096 m) . Much of the information that is obtainable with modern logging tools is not retrievable from down the well bore due to the restricted signal bandwidth that is characte istic of state-of-the-art conventional logging cables. Consequently, a need exists to provide cables that have substantially higher signal transmission bandwidths, i.e., capacity, and/or greater transmission rates through long cable lengths without repeaters. Optical fibers can provide signal transmission bandwidths of about 100 MHz through lengths up to about 30,000 feet (9144 m) . This is about three orders of magnitude higher than the insulated wires that are used in conventional cables for applications in harsh environments such as well logging.
  • Glass optical fibers have two properties which make it difficult to successfully incorporate them into strain cables which will be stretched when used or which will be used under water, particularly at — ---£-
  • Silica glass fibers have small cracks (microcracks) on their surface.
  • the depth of these microcracks can increase through a stress-accelerated chemical reaction between the silica glass and moisture, called static fatigue.
  • the tensile strength of the glass fiber decreases substantially as the microcracks increase in depth.
  • Glass is an elastic material with a high Young's modulus. Strain in a glass optical fiber generates tensile stress and results in static fatigue. Thus, glass optical fibers are not suitable for use under high strain (>0.5%) in the presence of moisture over extended periods of time. No plastic can provide adequate protection since water diffuses through all plastics to some degree. Loss of light through small bends in the fiber (microbending losses) is described hereinafter.
  • Optical fibers transmit light signals by the principle of total internal reflection. This principal depends upon the light rays being totally reflected back into the core region each time they impinge upon the core to cladding interface of the optical fiber. Total internal reflection can only occur when the angle of incidence between the rays and the core to cladding interface is below a certain critical value. Bending of an optical fiber causes some of the light which is propagating in the fiber core to impinge upon the core to cladding interface at angles of incidence greater than the critical value and to be refracted out of the optical core and lost. The amount of the light that is lost becomes greater as the effective diameter of the bend becomes smaller.
  • microbending loss When the bending of the optical fiber is caused by deflection due to local lateral forces, the resulting decrease in signal strength (and decrease in the length of the cable which can be used) is called microbending loss.
  • an optical fiber is deflected by a local inhomogeneity, such as a lump in its coating layers, the effective diameter of the bend depends upon the local strain the fiber is under. Generally, the fiber will bend to a smaller effective diameter as the strain level it is under increases. Consequently, higher strain levels result in higher levels of microbending loss.
  • Microbending losses in fibers are greatly reduced by first coating the fibers with a soft elastomer such as silicone rubber, and encasing this buffered fiber in a rigid jacket which can withstand external forces.
  • plastics such as silicone rubber lose their integrity under conditions encountered in harsh environments such as at the bottom of a deep well, i.e., when subjected to hot
  • a her ⁇ metically sealed tube containing at least one optical fiber, which can be incorporated into a well logging cable.
  • the tube would minimize the microbending of the fiber and moisture-induced microcrack failure in the fiber.
  • a necessary condition for accurate logging of a well bore is an accurate knowledge of the position of the logging tool within the well bore.
  • the position of the tool is defined by the actual length of logging cable that is suspended in the well bore.
  • the actual length of suspended cable can be determined from a knowledge of the amount of unstressed cable length that has been lowered into the well plus a knowledge of the elongation versus tension characteristics of the cable and the tension along the suspended cable length.
  • the amount of unstressed cable length that has been lowered into the well bore can be precisely measured.
  • the tension profile along the suspended length of cable can be accurately calculated. Therefore, the actual length of cable suspended in the well can be accurately determined if the elongation versus tension characteristics of the cable are accurately known and are repeatable.
  • each conductor element in a conventional logging cable comprises a bundle of copper wires.
  • the copper wires yield inelastically at low strain.
  • the copper does not fully return to its original state and eventually the copper wires become brittle, due to strain hardening, and break.
  • this serious condition does not necessarily render the cable inoperable because a break in one or more wires with adjacent nonbroken wires permits the current to be passed to the neighboring wires and thus the conductor still appears whole and the cable remains functional.
  • Well logging cables can withstand considerable inelastic and elastic strain and still remain functional.
  • Well logging cables are generally constructed with two layers of external steel armor wires.
  • the armor wires are preformed and applied in helices of opposing handedness to prevent the cable from unwinding when supporting a free hanging load.
  • Inside the armored jacket can be seven insulated copper conductors laid six around one in helices generally of opposite handedness to those of the steel wires in the inner armor layer.
  • a result of this conventional cabling geometry is that the inter- face between the inner armor wires and the underlying insulated conductors consists of a multiplicity of cross-over points separated by the pliant bedding material.
  • Buffering refers to a process of coating the optical fiber with a suitable cushioning material such as an elastomer.
  • the fabrication is performed so that the fibers are sealed in the tube without stretching them so as to avoid the introduction of strain, microbends, or water-enhanced microcracks.
  • the tube can be further incorporated into our cable.
  • the cable and method of fabrication minimize the inelastic part of the cable elongation by minimizing the deformability of the core.
  • the central bundle of the cable comprises at least two inner layers, including the inner armor, which are stranded in a "unilay" configuration of a given handedness around our central hermetically sealed tube which contains at. least one buffered fiber.
  • a buffered optical fiber is an optical fiber coated with a suitable cushioning material such as an elastomer.
  • the tube is fabricated so that the fibers are hemetically sealed therein with a minimum of process- induced strain and microbends.
  • a "unilay" configuration is defined as a cable bundle wherein each element is in continuous contact with, and in the same orientation with respect to its nearest neighbors. The cross-sections of the central bundle are identical at every point along the cable, except for a rotation about the central axis.
  • the unilay construction distributes the transverse forces continuously along the touching components instead of concentrating the forces at crossover points as in contrahelically formed layers of cable elements or layers of unidirectionally cabled elements that have different lay lengths.
  • the lay length of the cable is long, on the order of about 3.5 inches (8.89 cm) for a cable with an outside diameter of about 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) .
  • "Lay length" is defined as the distance along the cable or helical axis traversed by one complete helical revolution of the element.
  • the cable has at least one outer armor layer which is contrahelically wound around the central bundle.
  • the outer armor layer is of oppo ⁇ site handedness to the central bundle and substantially balances the torque of the inner armor when the cable is under tension.
  • the elements of the layers are hard and resistant to deformation. This means that any conductor elements contained in the cable are single metal conductors and not multifilament conductors.
  • the layers in the central bundle are fabricated in a single operation with the same lay length and with the same handedness. The outer armored layer of opposite handedness is applied directly over the central bundle.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an armored optical fiber cable.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the hermetically sealed tube and armored optical cable 10 of our invention.
  • the tube and armored optical cable 10 will be described with respect to specific embodiments such as overall size, dimensions and materials used to fabricate a well logging cable which comes within the scope of the invention.
  • the invention is not intended to be limited solely to the specific dimensions or materials used in the description nor to only well-logging applications.
  • the described tube and/or cable is useful in any application which requires minimum cable deformations under load.
  • the tube can be used in any application which requires a hermetic environment for an optical fiber.
  • the armored optical cable 10 has a central hermetically sealed tube core 12. This tube can be used alone if the application does not require armoring or conductor elements.
  • the hermetically sealed tube 12 has an outer diameter of between about 0.110 and about 0.120 inches (about 0.279 and about 0.305 cm) +_ 1% within an inside diameter of about 0.06 inches (0.15 cm) .
  • the tube 20 includes one or a plurality of optical fiber (s) 14.
  • the optical fibers 14 can be singlemode or multimode fibers, or mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable optical fibers with a thin protective coating of a U.V. cured acrylic based plastic are manufactured by Valtec Co. in Massachusetts. If the hermetically sealed tube 12 includes a plurality of optical fibers, the optical fibers should preferably be stranded toge ⁇ ther with the same helical handedness as the elements 22 and the inner armor wires 24 of the central bundle 30. For example, the three fibers illustrated have a right-handed lay sense and about a 3.5 inch (8.89 cm) lay length (1.2° lay angle).
  • the coated fibers are surrounded by and coated with a cushioning material 16 such as an elasto- meric cushioning material, for example silicone elasto ⁇ mers and the like. Additional elastomer or other suit ⁇ able flood material 18 is added to partially or as illustrated completely fill the tube 12 during the fabrication of the complete tube 12.
  • a cushioning material 16 such as an elasto- meric cushioning material, for example silicone elasto ⁇ mers and the like.
  • Additional elastomer or other suit ⁇ able flood material 18 is added to partially or as illustrated completely fill the tube 12 during the fabrication of the complete tube 12.
  • the tube 12 is fabricated from hemicylindri- cal sections 20 which are preshap ' ed by rolling or draw ⁇ ing from an annealed wire. Although two sections 20 are illustrated, the tube 10 can be formed from any number of sections. A suitable wall thickness for two sections would be about 0.270 _+ .002 inches (0.686 +_ .005 cm).
  • the rolling or drawing of the cylindrical sections work hardens the metal before the fiber is enclosed therein.
  • the cylindrical sections are made from steel or other alloy wire which can optionally be precipitation hardened to yield a high yield strength by heat treatment before welding. Precipitation hardening is defined as a process of hardening in which a constituent precipitates from a supersaturated solid solution. Thus the work hardened metal may be further enhanced in yield strength by precipitation harden ⁇ ing.
  • Suitable standard rolling machines and processes such as those used by the Shaped Wire Co. of Illinois, can be used to squeeze wire into the hemicylindrical
  • OMPI sections 20 which form the tube 18.
  • Suitable examples of stainless steel wire or other suitable material are 17-7 PH stainless steel, a product of Armco, MP-35 nonferrous alloy, a product of Latrobe Steel Co., Latrobe, PA.
  • the sections formed from the wires should have a yield stress greater than about 100,000 psi (0.690 GPa) and preferably greater than about 150,000 psi (1.034 GPa). If greater yield stress is needed, these wire materials can be precipitation hardened to greater than about 250,000 psi (1.724 GPa) yield stress. This corresponds to greater than about 0.85 yield strain. Yield strain is defined as the maximum strain that can be applied without substantial perma ⁇ nent deformation of the test specimen.
  • the sections 20 fit together longitudinally to form the tube 12.
  • the longitudinal seams are sub ⁇ jected to only small secondary shear stress when the tube is bent over a sheave or spool.
  • the sections 20 are pressed together and welded where the edges meet by welds 21 to hermetically seal the fibers 14 therein.
  • the stranded and buffered fibers are fed between the cylindrical sec ⁇ tions as they come together with enough clearance to avoid pinching.
  • the welding is preferably done with laser welding which makes a clean melt which can be confined to a small volume which does not penetrate all the way through the wall, and therefore does not anneal the whole wall thickness and does not destroy the buffered fibers.
  • -li ⁇ for further protection, -li ⁇
  • the completed tube can be coated with a hard plastic of a suitable material such as polyvinylidene difluoride (Kynar ® ) or polyetheretherketone (PEEK ® ) , or galvanized. This optional coating is adjusted so that the final hermetically sealed tube has an outside diameter of about 0.120 inches (0.305 cm).
  • a hard plastic of a suitable material such as polyvinylidene difluoride (Kynar ® ) or polyetheretherketone (PEEK ® ) , or galvanized.
  • This optional coating is adjusted so that the final hermetically sealed tube has an outside diameter of about 0.120 inches (0.305 cm).
  • An alternative tube structure contains sections with dove-tail ends so that they securely fit within each other.
  • Outside the cylindrical sections is a roll formed and welded metal tube.
  • the metal tube is laser welded along the roll formed tube seam with a suitable laser such as a CO2 laser.
  • the tube is preferably fabricated from an extremely corrosion resistant material such as Inconel ® .
  • the depth of the laser weld during welding can be adjusted so that the weld passes through the outer metal tube and into one of the inner tube halves. This securely hermetically seals the optical fibers within the tube.
  • An alternative option is to dip or plate the outer covering with suitable material which resists corrosion. This tube is illustrated in U.S.
  • the space for the central hermetically sealed tube 12 is formed by at least six elements 22, such as conductor strands, layed around the central core 12 with a right-handed lay sense and a 3.5 inch (8.89 cm) lay length (9.8° lay angle) .
  • elements 22 such as conductor strands, layed around the central core 12 with a right-handed lay sense and a 3.5 inch (8.89 cm) lay length (9.8° lay angle) .
  • conductor strands e.g., eight, as illustrated, are used to fabricate the space for the central core 12.
  • the conductor strands 22 should be fabricated from material which minimizes deformation
  • OMPI and is capable of interlocking with the inner armor 24.
  • Suitable conductor strands are solid copper-plated steel wire having a diameter of about 0.0403 inch (0.1024 cm) +_ 1%.
  • the conductor strands should have a minimum conductivity of 60% minimum of International
  • Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) with a yield strain of about 0.9% minimum at 0.2% offset.
  • a material meeting these requirements is Copperweld ® .
  • the solid copper- plated steel wire is coated with an insulator such as Kynar ® to an outer diameter of about 0.071 inches
  • the hermetically sealed tube 12 and the conductor strands 22 should have a combined outer dia ⁇ meter of about 0.262 inches (0.665 cm).
  • sixteen inner armor wires 24 should be of a drawn, galvanized, improved plow steel rope wires (AISI) or other suitable material with a diameter of about 0.0575 inches (0.1461 cm) _+l%, minimum tensile strength of about 244 KPSI (1.68 GPa), minimum torsions (8") (20.3 cm) of about 39, a coating adherence as evidenced by a 3D mandrel wrap test.
  • the inner armor wires 24 are layed as part of the central bundle 30 with a right-handed lay sense and a 3.5 inch (8.89 cm) lay length (15.5° lay angle).
  • the central bundle 30 has an outside diameter of about 0.368 inches (0.935 cm). It is important that the sixteen inner armor wires 24 be electro-galvanized with bright and smooth finishes such as a minimum zinc coating of about 0.2 oz./ft. 2 (61.03 g/m-?) .
  • the inner armor wires 24 lie adjacent to the insulated conductors and hence must provide a smooth interface for transferring compressive loads to the insulated wires.
  • a suitable protective material 26 for the intended environment of the cable 10 is applied during the fabrication of the central bundle 30 out to the inner armor 24.
  • Suitable materials for a well logging cable are nitrile rubber based filling compounds and the like.
  • the inner armor wires 24 are wound around the conductor strands 22 as illustrated to provide room for eight interstitial elements 28.
  • the eight interstitial elements 28 are optional and can be either a corrosion inhibitor lubricant 26, such as TMS 5878 compound, a product of Quaker Chemical Company, or wires or insulated conductors or jacketed optical fibers.
  • the interstitial elements 28 are layed with the same lay sense as conductor strands 22 and inner armor wires 24.
  • the interstitial elements 28 are cabled with a right-handed lay sense and a 3.5 inch (8.89 cm) lay length (12.5° lay angle).
  • the inter ⁇ stitial elements 28 must have a maximum outside dia ⁇ meter of about 0.028 inches (0.071 cm) minimum zinc coating of about 0.1 oz./ft 2 (30.52 g/m2) , minimum tensile strength of about 251 KPSI (1.73 GPa), minimum torsions (8") (20.3 cm) of about 83, and a coating adherence as evidenced by 2D mandrel wrap test.
  • the interstitial elements 28 are used to control the place ⁇ ment of the inner armor wires 24, then the elements 28 should preferably be solid, bright, galvanized wires. It is important that any interstitial elements 28 have a rounded and smooth external surface since they lie adjacent to the insulated conductor strands and must provide a smooth surface for transferring compressive loads to the insulated strands.
  • a unique feature of the armored optical cable 10 is the fact that the elements of the central bundle 30 are fabricated with the same lay length and handedness so that they nestle together and do not crossover each other. Another unique feature is the fact that the conductor strands 22 and the inner armor wires 24 are assembled in the same operation so that the elements 22 and 24 rest on each other and not in the grooves formed between the conductor strands 22. This construction gives the cable greater flexibility and reduces friction between the conductor strands 22 and the inner armor wires 24. These features provide for minimal deformation of the interface between the elements and hence minimal inelastic elongation of the cable.
  • outer armor wires 32 Surrounding the inner armor wires 24 and forming the outside diameter of the cable 10 is at least one layer of outer armor wires. Illustrated in the preferred embodiment are twenty-four strands of outer armor wires 32.
  • the outer armor wires 32 should be fabricated from galvanized, improved plow steel rope wires (AISI) or other suitable materials having about a 0.049 inch (0.124 cm) diameter _+l%, minimum zinc coating of about 0.4 oz./ft.
  • AISI improved plow steel rope wires
  • the wires 32 are preferably preformed and layed with a lay sense opposite that of elements 22 and 24.
  • the lay handedness of the outer armor wires 32 should be a left-handed lay sense and a 3.5 inch (8.89 cm) lay length (20.5° lay angle).
  • the central bundle 30 is coated with a corrosion-resistant and lubricating material 34 such as TMS 5878, and the like.
  • the overall dimensions of the optical cable 10 will be about 0.469 inches (1.191 cm).
  • the armored cable containing the hermetically sealed tube is fabricated by first forming the tube in one operation and thereafter fabricating the cable around the tube in one in-line operation.
  • the hermetically sealed tube containing the optical fibers can be fabricated according to the following procedure. Annealed stainless steel or other suitable nonferrous alloy wires are rolled by shaped rollers into cylindrical sections such that upon passing through guide rollers the sections form a tube having a sufficient internal diameter to contain the optical fibers without pinching the fibers.
  • the rolled sections are then precipitation hardened at a temperature of about 900°F (482°C) .
  • the tube is formed of only two hemicylindrical sections because this minimizes the number of welds.
  • Suitable rolled sections are obtained from The Shaped Wire Co., St. Charles, Illinois. Cylindrical sections can be pressed together by standard pressing rollers such as used by Laser Applications Inc., Baltimore, Md. prior to and during the laser welding. The helically wound coated fibers are inserted between the sections as they are squeezed together and additional elastomeric material is added to adhere the fibers thereto prior to welding.
  • the laser welding is performed with a 500 watt industrial C0 2 laser of Control Laser Corp.
  • the laser is focused to a width of about 0.15 mm.
  • the tube is welded to a depth which is less than the thickness of the sections.
  • a depth of about 0.40 mm is suitable in the fabrication of an outside tube having a diameter of about 0.110-0.120 inches (0.279-0.305 cm).
  • the cylindrical sectors may be heated to between 300°F (149°C) and about 500°F (260°C) during welding. The heating facilitates the welding process and also results in up to about 0.2% contraction of the tube when it cools. This obviates up to about 0.2% stretch of the fiber due to thermal expansion when the cable is lowered in a drill hole experiencing temperatures on the order of up to about 500°F (260°C) .
  • the welding process leaves the seams in a strained condition, a heat treatment at about 500°F (260°C) for a few hours after welding relieves such strains without annealing the precipitation hardened tube.
  • Precipitation hardening the tube is not possible once the optical fiber is enclosed therein because this overheats and destroys the buffering polymers.
  • the tube can optionally be nickel plated or galvanized to resist corrosion and finally the tube may optionally be covered with an extrusion of a high melt ⁇ ing point plastic such as PEEK ® or Kynar ® to minimize the diffusion of brine into any pin holes left after welding and also to protect the metal from corrosion. Suitable extrusions are made by the Berk Tek Co. of Pennsylvania.
  • the central bundle 30 is formed from one bay of planetary bobbins and the outer armor wires 32 are applied directly over the central bundle 30 from a tandem bay of planetary bobbins.
  • the outer armor wires 32 are applied in an opposite handedness such that the torques exerted by said inner and outer armor wires are substantially balanced.
  • a suitable method of balancing the contrahelically wound outer armor wires 32 and the inner armor wires 24 is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,317,000.
  • the machines which fabricate the cable of our invention are known in the art as planetary cabling machines.
  • a suitable source for the fabrication of the cable is Blake Wire and Cable Company of Torrence, California.
  • the cable can also be fabri ⁇ cated by a tube winder cabling machine; however, the outer armor wires will have to be applied in a separate step.
  • the cable is not limited solely to the description therein. Modifications which would be obvious are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
  • the cable is not limited to any specific diameter, number of optical fibers, and the like. A different environment or job application which required a larger load placed on the cable could require a larger diameter cable with larger and/or more conductor strands, inner armor wires or outer armor wires.
  • the lay length must be increased, in direct proportion, as the diameter of the cable increases.
  • the conductor strands and the inner armor are fabricated in one operation with the same handedness and the inner armor is set up so as not to lie in the grooves formed by the conductor strands.
  • the outer armor must be wound in opposite handedness to the inner armor and of sufficient compressive strength such that the inner armor and the outer armor are substantially torque balanced.

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Abstract

Tube hermétiquement scellé (12) contenant une fibre optique (14) et câble armé (10) contenant ledit tube hermétiquement scellé (12). Le câble optique armé (10) fait preuve d'une élongation inélastique minimale en réponse à la tension à des températures élevées et est capable de résister à de dures conditions ambiantes.
EP83902789A 1982-08-17 1983-08-15 Tube hermetiquement scelle contenant une fibre optique ainsi que cable arme incorporant un tel tube Expired EP0116619B1 (fr)

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